The postseason is barely underway, but the projections will start rolling out. The Steamer projections came out yesterday or the day before.
| 2015 Chicago Cubs Steamer Projections | |||||||||||
| Name | IP | H | ER | HR | SO | BB | WHIP | K/9 | BB/9 | ERA | FIP |
| Pedro Strop | 65 | 54 | 22 | 4 | 71 | 24 | 1.2 | 9.77 | 3.37 | 3.06 | 3.01 |
| Hector Rondon | 65 | 56 | 22 | 5 | 66 | 19 | 1.16 | 9.15 | 2.68 | 3.1 | 3.17 |
| Justin Grimm | 55 | 50 | 20 | 5 | 53 | 16 | 1.2 | 8.62 | 2.61 | 3.28 | 3.36 |
| Wesley Wright | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1.26 | 7.92 | 2.97 | 3.47 | 3.49 |
| Jake Arrieta | 153 | 137 | 62 | 14 | 150 | 54 | 1.24 | 8.78 | 3.18 | 3.63 | 3.51 |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | 25 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 1.21 | 8.33 | 2.65 | 3.41 | 3.54 |
| Edwin Jackson | 49 | 47 | 20 | 5 | 44 | 15 | 1.24 | 8.06 | 2.66 | 3.72 | 3.58 |
| Neil Ramirez | 55 | 46 | 20 | 6 | 61 | 21 | 1.21 | 9.95 | 3.41 | 3.26 | 3.59 |
| Blake Parker | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 1.22 | 9.03 | 2.97 | 3.42 | 3.72 |
| Zac Rosscup | 35 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 1.32 | 10.15 | 4.52 | 3.49 | 3.75 |
| Brian Schlitter | 40 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 1.33 | 6.28 | 2.72 | 3.8 | 3.82 |
| Carlos Villanueva | 74 | 70 | 30 | 9 | 65 | 21 | 1.23 | 7.93 | 2.5 | 3.72 | 3.83 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 153 | 159 | 71 | 18 | 108 | 40 | 1.3 | 6.31 | 2.36 | 4.19 | 4.14 |
| Joe Ortiz | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1.32 | 6.66 | 2.62 | 4.04 | 4.15 |
| Eric Jokisch | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1.35 | 6.63 | 3.04 | 4.26 | 4.18 |
| Arodys Vizcaino | 19 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1.39 | 7.84 | 3.94 | 4.37 | 4.28 |
| Felix Doubront | 67 | 66 | 33 | 7 | 53 | 28 | 1.39 | 7.17 | 3.71 | 4.38 | 4.29 |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | 144 | 141 | 66 | 19 | 117 | 48 | 1.32 | 7.31 | 2.99 | 4.14 | 4.29 |
| Jacob Turner | 159 | 169 | 84 | 18 | 109 | 55 | 1.41 | 6.17 | 3.12 | 4.73 | 4.39 |
| Dan Straily | 48 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 41 | 19 | 1.37 | 7.69 | 3.61 | 4.28 | 4.53 |
| Travis Wood | 163 | 163 | 79 | 24 | 126 | 61 | 1.38 | 6.96 | 3.37 | 4.37 | 4.76 |
I’m not sure I’m on the Jake Arrieta bandwagon anymore than I was on the Travis Wood one a year ago. It would be awesome if he could live up to those projections, though.
| 2015 Chicago Cubs Steamer Projections | |||||||||||||||
| Name | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | wOBA |
| Anthony Rizzo | 612 | 530 | 143 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 83 | 86 | 68 | 107 | .270 | .359 | .503 | .862 | .375 |
| Jorge Soler | 571 | 518 | 140 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 68 | 78 | 44 | 113 | .271 | .330 | .470 | .800 | .349 |
| Starlin Castro | 571 | 527 | 146 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 61 | 61 | 33 | 91 | .277 | .323 | .412 | .735 | .323 |
| Justin Ruggiano | 219 | 197 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 56 | .252 | .316 | .409 | .726 | .322 |
| Luis Valbuena | 630 | 547 | 130 | 28 | 3 | 16 | 68 | 65 | 72 | 123 | .239 | .329 | .389 | .717 | .319 |
| Welington Castillo | 372 | 333 | 82 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 40 | 29 | 85 | .246 | .315 | .394 | .709 | .315 |
| Javier Baez | 666 | 609 | 141 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 83 | 74 | 41 | 193 | .231 | .284 | .426 | .710 | .312 |
| Chris Coghlan | 553 | 489 | 122 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 61 | 46 | 51 | 100 | .249 | .323 | .373 | .697 | .310 |
| Arismendy Alcantara | 630 | 579 | 143 | 27 | 6 | 15 | 66 | 62 | 39 | 147 | .247 | .296 | .394 | .690 | .304 |
| Mike Olt | 251 | 222 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 79 | .212 | .291 | .383 | .674 | .300 |
| Junior Lake | 340 | 314 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 18 | 90 | .244 | .289 | .382 | .671 | .297 |
| Rafael Lopez | 30 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .235 | .308 | .331 | .639 | .287 |
| Josh Vitters | 20 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .231 | .280 | .369 | .649 | .287 |
| Logan Watkins | 64 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | .237 | .300 | .332 | .632 | .284 |
| Chris Valaika | 45 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | .242 | .290 | .345 | .635 | .283 |
| John Baker | 180 | 160 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 45 | .205 | .279 | .274 | .553 | .251 |
If Jorge Soler can do that and the Cubs go out and add a bat or two, their offense might not be awful. Soler will also have to stay healthy, which has been difficult for him.